Sampathkumar Sampath

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• Pelicans - Perfect 10

  

  Pelicans – what Jim Laker, Anil Kumble, Ajaz Patel could do !! Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Drama Artist Covai Padhu is No More !

  

  Triplicane is a sacred land, a land that had many freedom fighters, a land that houses century old Educational institutions and has patronized art culture –... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2022 SOCIETY

• a Half-white Pigeon !!

  

  கூட்டத்திலே கோவில் புறா,... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Krishna of 1974 Movie Alluri Sitaramaraju Fame is No More !!

  

  Remember seeing him once in 1990s in Chennai airport, he was clad in a sparkling white dress and looked elegant, though he was well into his Sixties at that tim... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Pelican Spotted !!

  

  Nelly Korda is an American professional golfer who plays on the LPGA Tour, where she has won seven times and reached number one in the Women's World Golf... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2022 SOCIETY

• at Snail's Pace ! .. ..the Invading Species

  

  William Henry Benson was a civil servant in British India and an amateur malacologist. Likely that you have seen them in your gardens – pictured here is a fairl... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Remembering Dr TS Soundaram - the Founder of Gandhigram at Chinnalapatti

  

  It was a great day. Our Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modiji attended the 36th Convocation Ceremony of Gandhigram Rural Institute at Dindigul in Tamil... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Milk Moustache !! - Rose-ringed Parakeets !!

  

  Ever had a ‘milk moustache’ – nay, it is not the nascent mush when hair starts growing on Men’s upper lip ! Miles away, in 1993, a focus group headed by Jon... Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2022 SOCIETY

• PM Shri Narendra Modiji Confers Honorary Doctorate on Maestro and Umayalpuram...

  

  Ever heard of Nai Talim and its connection to rural Tamil Nadu, though this post is on a person from a village near Thiruvaiyaru. Read more

  Posted on 12 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Will Strife-torn Ethiopia See Peace !!

  

  Heard of Abyssinia ? - In 1543, Emperor Gelawdewos beat Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi armies and Ahmad was killed at the Battle of Wayna Daga, close to Wegera. Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Rose Flowers ! .. . ........ and Caterpillar Attack !!!

  

  This morning not a great sight !! They are unwelcome guests ! and to the plants they are enemies !! Caterpillar stock (NYSE: CAT) is up a solid 19% in a month,... Read more

  Posted on 08 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Remembering the Great Scientist - Nobel Laureate Sri CV Raman

  

  We celebrate worthless things too – we feel so happy when India enters semifinals of ICC T20WC – today 7th Nov is a great day and we should be hailing a genius... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Eat Carrot .. .. See Well !! - Read (my Posts) Well !!!

  

  Surprisingly it was a War-time propaganda! – what ? When we went to schools – 4 or 5 decades back – our lunch was – sambar satham and/or curd rice with a small... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Celebrating King Raja Raja Chozha !

  

  Celebrating Emperor Raja Raja Chola !! Arunmozhi Varman/ Sivapadha Sekaran (Ponniyin Selvan) aka King Raja Raja Chozhan Birth 1037 centenary celebrations Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Life Race - It is Not About Outsmarting Others !!

  

  Life is a race ??? In this beautiful World, people are running mad not only towards the finish line but more trying to outsmart others. One need to realize... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Buffalo Relaxing ! .. .. Crane Flying! !!

  

  Today is Sunday ! - while many can relax – some have to be on the run all the time .. that is life !! – the flight of a bird is a wondrous thing. Birds have... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2022 SOCIETY

• SA Chokes Again - Ackermann is the Hero !!

  

  Today there are 3 matches in ICC T20WC – and one can be forgiven for not following the first match at Adelaide – of little interest, consequence ! one thought... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Thiruvallikkeni Kainkaryam - O.M. Soundararajan

  

  I have posted some photos /post on Thiruvallikkeni kainkaryabarars – here is another one – photo taken this evening (but with a tinge of sadness! Read more

  Posted on 04 November 2022 SOCIETY

• Flood Claim Denied Payout ~ Because of Licence Breach !!!!!

  

  Insurance is a contract ~ and at times, indemnity may be denied due to various reasons including – absence of fortuity, peril not being an insured peril,... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2022 SOCIETY

• the Story of the Man Who Won 5 Crores in Kaun Banega Crorepati !!

  

  Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu, popularly known by its abbreviation MEK or simply Koteeswarudu, is a game show presented in Telugu produced by BIG Synergy which is th... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2022 SOCIETY